Fazl warns govt against KP-Fata merger

(MENAFN – Tribal News Network) BANNU: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman on Thursday warned the federal government against merger of Fata with Khyber Pakhunkhwa without taking its people into confidence.

The JUI-F chief was addressing party workers at Seerat-e-Mustafa Conference held here.

Maulana Fazl said that some vested interest have been trying to merger Fata with KP to loot the mines and minerals in its mountains. ‘Those who are demanding KP-Fata merger where they were 60 years ago to raise voice for rights of its people,’ he said.

He added that he would never accept Fata-KP merger and demanded that only people of Fata would decide their future.

Pakistani columnist Farman Nawaz, who previously ran an Urdu Weekly Jirga Bannu, is the editor of The Bannu Times. Nawaz also runs an online newspaper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa News and KAS Research Journal. Nawaz has written English articles for Global Times China , Daily Outlook Afghanistan and several leading English newspapers of Pakistan. He had also worked as a blogger for Express News TV Network website.